Improvement in light spring-wagons



' UNITED STATES JOHN J. BLACK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN LIGHT SPRING-WAGONS,v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,678, dated May 23,1876; application filed April 1, 1876.

To all whom it may coz'zccru:

Be it known .that I, JOHN J. BLACK, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented an Improvement in Buggies, ofwhich the following is a specification:

This invention relates to light springhuggies, and has for its object toenable the body lto be set loW, still using the common elliptic springs,by dispensing with the ordinary reach and employing two side spars,between which the body sits, whereby less iron-Work is required, stillrendering the buggy light, easy, neat, and strong, these beingconstructed, combined. and arranged as hereinafter more fully describedand'claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side elevation, Fig. 2 is anend elevation, and Fig. 3 is a plan view, of my improved buggy.

A A are axles, the front one being provided with a fth-wheel andsupporting a bolster, B. C Gare side spars, connecting the said bolsterwith `the rear axle, which are spread far enough apart to allow the boxor body D to lie and swing between them. They are braced to the axles byirons E E and F F.

To the bolster B and the rear axle A are secured the common ellipticsprings G G, having the top bars H H, to which the body D is suspendedby the loop-irons I I.

It will be seen that the body sits down Well between the springs andside spars G C, and is thus permitted to hang 10W and have perfeetfreedom to spring up anddown`without interfering with the other parts,the result of the arrangement being the production of an economical,durable, light, neat, easy-riding buggyv l would here state thatl do notclalm either the springs or side spars separately as new,

but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the axles A A, bolster B, side sparsC O, the body D, braces E E and F F, the springs Gr G, bars H H, andloop-irons I I, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

PATENT OFFICE.

